House of Representatives to vote on release of Epstein files after Trump U-turn – US politics live
Move comes after Donald Trump dropped his opposition to a vote on releasing files on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein
The other big event for Trump today is the official visit of Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has been welcomed back at the White House for the first time since the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents.
US-Saudi relations deteriorated after Khashoggi’s brutal killing. He had been a fierce critic of the kingdom; US intelligence concluded that bin Salman had most likely ordered state agents to kill him.